2013 Genre Variety Reading Challenge Sign-Up

This challenge is hosted by A Daydreamer's Thoughts and is a great way to challenge yourself to get out of your confort zone and read a variety of genres that you wouldn't normally read.

The challenge is to read a large variety of genres within one year.

Other Important Info;

• Runs from January 1st 2013 until December 31st 2013. Sign ups will be open until December 1st 2013.
• There are five levels to challenge yourself to. You may move up a level but not go down a level. These are all outlined below. Please mention in your sign up post which level you will aim for.
• The genres you choose to read are up to you. As long as every book is different, whichever genre you wish to read you can.
• Every month there will be a post on this blog to link up to your update post / review(s)
• There will be a giveaway at the end of the challenge, and maybe a few within the year but these are TBD.
• To sign up, you will need to write a post saying which level you are challenging yourself too and then use the linky list. Non-Bloggers may post in the comments of this post.
• Any book formats are accepted.
• Novellas and Novels are all accepted for this challenge.
• YA, NA and Adult books all count towards this challenge.
• New sub-genres are accepted. (for example, paranormal-romance, or historical-romance)

Levels;

• Careful; 6 different genres, 6 books
• Cautious; 12 different genres, 12 books
• Branching; 18 different genres, 18 books
• Avid Reader; 24 different genres, 24 books
• Champion; 30 different genres, 30 books

Categories;

This is just a suggested list of genres you can choose from:

Contemporary

Historical

Paranormal

Fantasy

Romance

Sci-Fi

Crime

Thriller

Adventure

Non-Fiction

Women’s Fiction

Chick-Lit

Dystopian

Epic Fantasy

Western

Comedy

Horror

MANfiction

Self-Help

Biography

Auto-biography

Religious

Fairy Tales

Classics

Erotica

Short Stories

Travel Guides

 

I'm going to aim for the Careful level as I'm still trying to expand my horizons into different genres and don't want to overextend myself too much.

Will you be joining in on this challenge??

Michelle